174,000 CHF
Patek Philippe & Cie. , Genève, No. 930873, case No. 654940, Ref. 605 HU (Heures Universelles), sold in 1950. Very fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold keyless "World Time" dress watch, the polychrome cloisonné enamel dial representing a map of North America. Recently serviced by Patek Philippe. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a fitted box and original certificate. Three-body, solid, "variée", polished with satiné back and milled revolving bezel, dedication inscription inside the case back. cloisonné enamel with the map of North America and gold indexes, outer Arabic dark and light revolving chapter ring for day and night hours and the world time chapter ring, bearing the name of 41 locations around the world and revolving with the bezel according to the Louis Cottier world time patent. Gold hands. Notes Patek Philippe The company known today as Patek Philippe was founded in Geneva in 1839 by an exiled Polish nobleman, Count Antoine Norbert de Patek and his compatriot Francois Czapek. The earliest watches were signed Patek, Czapek & Co. until 1845 when Czapek left the partnership. Several years later the company was joined by French watchmaker, Jean Adrien Philippe, who later became the inventor of their famous stem-winding and hand-setting mechanism, a modern and reliable concept. From May 1845 to January 1851 the firm was known as Patek & Co.; Philippe lent his name to the company in 1851 when he became a full partner. Among the reasons for their in
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
